Holding the weapon close against his coat to muffle the click of the hammer, he cocked the revolver and shoved it forward over the ledge.
Bandrist emptied his revolver in the direction of the advancing deputies and drew cautiously away from Mascola.
As there seemed no help for it Deck threw down his pistol and also an extrarevolver he had lately taken to carrying.
Back in her tent once more, she composed herself for the night, revolver to hand, her face towards her friend.
Get your revolver from your hut, Girder, and all the ammunition you can lay hands on, but keep them out of sight.
He had his own revolver on him--too wise a citizen of Africa ever to be without it.
Hardly in keeping with these gay whispers were his words in de Rivas' off ear, as he thrust his revolver into de Rivas' off pocket.
But apart from his quietness, and the gleam of his light clothes, there was nothing supernatural about the tall lithe shirt-sleeved figure which with rifle on shoulder and revolver on hip, came into the firelight.
The gift of the revolver had meant nothing if it had not meant that he would not be there to use it himself in case of need.
Hammond stood by silent, dominating, the sunshine glinting on his revolver barrel, Boston, casual and indifferent, lounging beside him.
Now de Rivas' revolver was empty; it was Hammond's that contained the one cartridge for a certain emergency--the frightful emergency which all brave men who take charge of women in a savage country must be willing to face!
And the grim eyes of the man behind the revolversnapped and flashed too, as he picked off one after another of those who led the advancing horde.
Nearly always he would laugh--a laugh that made the girl grip the revolver under the pillow.
He was walking with bowed head and his hands behind him, as if the wrists were fastened together, and only one or two paces to the rear strode Detective Simmons Pendar, with a revolver ready for instant use.
She whirled about, and almost fell from her chair, for standing in the doorway was a second member of the Black Hand, in the person of Amasi Catozzi, who had been slightly wounded by the revolver of Detective Pendar.
That the fellow understood English became clear the next minute, when Pendar drew his revolver from his hip pocket and addressed him: “If you try to run off I’ll shoot you!
Ward was unarmed, having left hisrevolver in a grip at Mr. Brann's house.
This was the shot that killed him, and it was after receiving it that he turned, drew his revolver and opened fire upon his assailant.
Drawing his revolver and grasping it by the barrel, he also dived.
It was very red across the top, and Frank, glancing at it, believed that the mark could have well been caused by the blow of a revolver butt.
Frank thrust his revolverback in his pocket, but kept his hand upon it.
He drew his revolver from his pocket and looked at it long and earnestly.
The German made a move as though to refuse, but Jack's revolver covered him and he did as commanded.
With a single movement Jack had drawn his revolver and fired.
Going close, he raised his revolver and brought it down on the spy's head with all his force.
Jack, in the meantime, was grappling with the German officer, who had drawn a concealed revolver and was attempting to bring it to bear upon Lord Hastings.
Before Lord Hastings could reply Frank had sprung upon the attendant and wrested the revolver from his hand.
His revolver he found now to be of no use, so he dropped it and struck out blindly with his bare fists.
He was convinced that what had happened was a dream till he felt for his revolver and found it gone.
Next came out a few boxes of ammunition for the revolver and several boxes of Winchester cartridges.
His revolver went off four times, and he saw the flashes and heard the explosions of their revolvers.
He saw one man go down, and, as the other came for him, he smashed him a straight blow with the heavy revolverfull in the face.
Just as this conversation ended, Wammack suddenly jerked out his revolver and attempted to shoot one of my men and broke to run; the movement was so sudden and so unexpected that he got nearly forty yards before we succeeded in killing him.
There is a tacit understanding that this revolver is not to be let off; indeed, sometimes it is believed that this revolver is not loaded.
At Simla and Calcutta the Government of India always sleeps with a revolver under its pillow--that revolver is the Commander-in-Chief.
He regained his feet in an instant, and facing the mutineer, who was now crawling towards him with cocked revolver in hand, took aim and fired, whereat the man fell back dead with a bullet in his heart.
The man refused, and the captain raised his rifle to his shoulder, but before he could fire, the mutineer snapped a revolver twice in his face, and then took refuge among his companions.
With a revolver in each hand he walked the streets of the town, announcing that he had run the Hatfields down and that now he proposed to run the town of Pikeville.
Rutherford renewed his quarrel and suddenly drew his revolver and began firing at me.
I threw my gun up to get it in position and the first ball from his revolver hit here" (showing a heavy indentation on the underside of the heavy steel gun barrel).
Though he had a rifle strapped over his back, the marshal drew his revolver as he ran forward.
Oh, if I had my revolver and handcuffs and leg-irons here.
That was why she appeared so suddenly among them, in the midst of the tumult, as though she had risen from the ground; that was why she tried to tear the revolver from Herr Nordeck's hand when he levelled it at Osiecki.
Waldemar still held his revolver ready cocked in his right hand; but with his left he clasped Wanda's slender fingers tightly, as though he would never again relax his hold.
He threw off his cloak, drew a revolver from his breast-pocket, and laid it on the table.
The heart of the bow is made up of three squares of bamboo sandwiched between two half-moon sections of bamboo which comprise the belly (that side facing the inside of the curve) and the back (the side away from the archer).
The samurai never has a sense that his arm, part of himself, is holding a sword, which is a separate entity.
Proper breathing conditions the mind in archery as it does in zazen and is essential in developing a quiet mind, a restful spirit, and full concentration.
So I brought my pet revolver along, although I may never have need to use it.
As she spoke she levelled therevolver and aimed it carefully at the exposed body of the child.
Ferralti hugged his revolverand awaited his opportunity.
Beth has carried a revolver ever since we started.
I'll never touch a revolver again as long as I live.
She was holding the revolver rigidly extended, and her blue eyes blazed with the excitement of the moment.
It was Beth, who held her revolver nonchalantly and gazed upon the scene below her with calm interest.
She hastily covered the brigand with her revolver and shouted warningly: "Stop, or you are a dead man!
The revolver and the knife were both gone, and the loss rendered them absolutely helpless.
Kenneth regretted that he had left his revolver upstairs, but the others remembered that the brigand would not dare to molest them in the security of the hotel grounds, and were more curious than afraid.
He took therevolver from his pocket and handed it to his companion.
He poured the remaining chambers of his revolver into the mad charge; but, when the last was gone, the enemy were still leaping forward.
He had his revolver in his hand and was striving desperately to raise himself into a position to shoot.
The Dervishes halted; the revolverspoke again; there was a howl as a man fell.
Joan seized the arm of the Thief and urged him from the house; as he vanished through the window, she picked up the revolver which Quard had dropped, and turned to the door.
Supperless, she sat down to wait, Quard's revolver ready to her hand.
Then grasping a revolver loaded with blanks, she ran back to the second left entrance.
Going to the bureau, she opened a drawer and put the revolver away.
And when you have carried a revolver in the right-hand trousers pocket for five months it is advisable occasionally to inspect the cloth of the pocket to make sure that it is not wearing thin from the chafe of the muzzle.
Leaving them to set my machine on fire, I took a revolver and a Verey's pistol and ran over to the Bristol.
By this time I had made absolutely certain that the brute intended to murder me, and my anxiety was not lessened when he drew a large revolver and had pot shots at various objects by the wayside.
That made me mad with anger, so I shook him off and damned his eyes, whereupon he presented the revolver at my head.
He brought me into the next room, placed a loaded revolver on the table beside him, and ordered me to strip nude.
Hoping they would not shoot, I went on and fired first the revolver and then the Verey's right into the petrol tank, and it burst into flame.
I breathed a prayer of thanksgiving, and my Turk put away his revolver and drew his horse up alongside of mine.
Seeing me more docile he lowered the revolver and, seizing his opportunity, patted me on the head to show there was no ill feeling.
My resentment at this was so obvious that he produced the revolver again, but thereafter kept his distance.
Jimmie had a condemned army gun, the old Long Tom; and Pedro, the Mexican, had a Remington revolverthat he called his pistolie.
Mrs. Heaton stood in the door of her tent with a Smith & Wesson revolver in her hand, and refused to budge.
He had a cavalryman's saber and a Colt's revolveron his person.
One of the bullets from Smith's revolver went through the pine wagon-box and lodged in the sack of dried tongues.
Hildegarde saw the blue shape of a revolver in Potter's hand and bent forward, tense, breathless for the event.
He did not order, did not direct, did not suggest, but he was imposing his will on this imposing member of an august body as surely and as relentlessly as if he held a revolver at the Senator's head.
He drew the revolver close to his cheek, and looked at her down the barrel.
Miss Farrar was not afraid of therevolver or of the man.
In his relaxed fingers the revolver lay, within reach of Lathrop's hand.
With the other he pressed an automatic revolveragainst Ford's shirt front.
From his revolver came a report that shook the room, a flash and a burst of smoke, and through it Miss Farrar saw Lathrop hurl himself.
To permit him to reply Ashton released his hand, but at the same moment, in a sudden access of fear, dug the revolver deeper into the pit of Ford's stomach.
Isabel relates that in one of the illustrated papers there was a picture of Gordon lying in the desert, his Bible in one hand, his revolver in the other, and the vultures hovering around.
David Joslin quietly walked over to the foot of the bedstead and unbuckled the belt of the heavy, worn revolver which he found hanging there—the revolver without which his father rarely had traveled in his circuit riding.
As he did so he heard the roar of a heavy revolver back of him.
Each was armed with a heavy revolver which swung under his coat, and each carried in his side pockets abundance of additional ammunition for his weapon.
His belt and revolver were gone—he knew not where—but here was this ancient, iron book.
He knocked at the door tremulously, and felt the revolver in his hand.
